I had a question yesterday from a reader, on an older blogpost of mine, about how to update the look of travertine tile floors.

She had a gold/orange-toned travertine floor and countertop in her bathroom and it was dominating her color scheme. She threw out lots of colors she was considering, some more beige tones and a few grays.

That Gray color with this travertine is just not working

She had painted one gray color on the wall next to the countertop as her cabinet color option.

Meh.....not doing that colorful counter any favors, is it?

Okay, so we can't all rip everything out and start over all the time, can we? (As much as I'd love to, that is. :-)

What I did advise her to do, was to paint everything a nice warm white, something like Benjamin Moore Cloud White. It will lighten and brighten everything, but not look too foreign or out of place with the color in the travertine.

Most travertine runs to the pinky-beige side and I typically advise Sherwin Williams Accessible Beige and Aesthetic White for good options to go with that coloration. However, this one was just such a gold/orange, a white paint color with more warmth and less taupe worked better.

If you remodeled your suburban home 10 or even 5 years ago, and you live in a hot climate like we do here in The Woodlands, it’s quite probable that you have travertine floors and are eager to update them.

May 26, 2014

PS.....I'm working on a kitchen remodel with travertine floors now (that we are keeping), as they run throughout the downstairs of the house. Can't wait to start on the construction for this one. It will be a great makeover!

A remodel project about to begin. We will be working with these travertine floors to create a dazzling new kitchen. Counters and island are going though!

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